Speaker Wetangula Rejects MP's Bid to Repeal Finance Bill 2024
Capital FM
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has rejected Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo's attempt to repeal the withdrawn Finance Bill 2024, stating that only an Act of Parliament can be… Read more »
Terrorists Dressed As Women Kidnap 26 in Katsina
Vanguard
Terrorists, who disguised in women's Abaya (dress) have kidnapped 26 persons in Katsina State. They attacked Runka community in the state at the weekend and abducted locals --… Read more »
Liberian Killed in Guinea
New Dawn
State Security forces in Guinea have arrested a 42-year-old Malian for allegedly killing his 32-year-old Liberian girlfriend, Miss Rose Kou Garteh, a mother of 2 children. Read more »
LGBTQI+ Rights Victory Amid Regression
IPS
In June, the Namibian High Court struck down two sections of the country's Sexual Offences Act that criminalised consensual sexual relations between men, finding them… Read more »
Kenya's Protests Are Different This Time - 3 Things That Make It Harder for Government to Crush Them [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
On 25 June 2024, a youth-led protest primarily composed of Gen Zs, as they are popularly referred to, stormed Kenya's parliament. Legislators voted to pass the Finance Bill 2024 in… Read more »
RSF Stages Protest Against Media Censorship [press release]
RSF
After demonstrating in support of journalists in Conakry in March, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Sub-Saharan Africa desk protested in Dakar on 27 June, calling on Mamadi… Read more »
NDLEA Smashes Cocaine Syndicate, Arrests Couple, Recovers N2.1b Drugs in Lagos Raid
This Day
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided the Lagos base of alleged high-profile cocaine syndicate headed by a couple - Mmadu Agbakoba and Chinwe… Read more »
New Police Spokesperson Hits the Ground Running
Nile Post
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kituuma Rusoke has started work as the new police spokesperson. Read more »
Nnamdi Kanu - Stop Disparaging Our Son Under Guise of Prophesy, Family Replies Ayodele
Vanguard
The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has warned the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, to… Read more »
Kenyan Court Rules Police Acted Out of Line in Killing of Pakistani Journalist
VOA
A court in Kenya said Monday that police acted unlawfully in using lethal force against a Pakistani journalist killed near the capital in October 2022, ordering thousands of… Read more »
Kidnapped Kaduna Journalists - Police Comb Forests As NUJ Demands Release
Vanguard
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the kidnapping of two journalists and their families in Kaduna, Saturday night, at the Danhonu community in Millennium City, Kaduna. Read more »
Mob Attacks Police Station for Alleged Release of Murderer in Moatize
AIM
A crowd in Caphiridzange locality, in Moatize district, in the central Mozambican province of Tete, have attacked and vandalized the local police station for the alleged release of… Read more »
London Appeal Court Upholds Jailing of Nigerian Man for 'Slick' Cocaine Trafficking Operation
Premium Times
The Nigerian man was convicted of transferring a large quantity of cocaine in a "slick" trafficking operation. Read more »
Katanga Trial - What We Know So Far
Nile Post
The chaotic start to the Katanga murder trial has led to delays in key decisions, including Ms Molly Katanga's request for video conferencing Read more »
Gunmen Kidnap Two Nigerian Journalists, Family Members
Premium Times
The kidnaps occurred in two separate incidents Saturday night in the same Kaduna community. Read more »